From the wood carving to printing, the process of hand block printing is one hundred percent hand work and has no machineries involved. The process of hand block printing starts with wood carving blocks in designs. Any design can be carved in wooden block. Number of wooden block depends on the number of colours a design has. Wood block size can be small as it can be printed visibly on fabric and as large as a printer can hold it properly without shaking his hand and for long hours of a day. Any custom design can be made by these wood block makers.
The process of printing starts after the blocks are ready. The timeline of printing can be decided by the number of colours to be printed in it. The more colours a design has the less production of that design can be printed in a day. The printing artisans work either in day or night shifts. They usually start printing early in the morning as they feel more energetic during that time and so they can have lazy evenings over cup of ‘chai’ and gossips. There are many printing style in Rajasthan like Dabu printing which is famous in Bagru village, discharge printing which is kind of printing bleach through wooden blocks on dyed fabrics, Pigment and rapid printing for which Jaipur is famous for.